Tag Archives: Fishman Island

If you read this site regularly, then you know that oftentimes I like toys and characters that the majority seem to hate. Case in point: Hody Jones and the whole One Piece Fishman Island arc of the manga and anime. While many fans thought Fishman Island was boring no drawn-out, I thought it was one of the most emotionally-charged and relevant arcs of the whole series–and Hody Jones among One Piece’s greatest villains. So am I excited for the just-released One Piece SCultures Hody Jones figure? You know it…

If there’s an award to be won for the most nonessential character captured by Bandai in the Figuarts Zero One Piece figures line, that prize is most likely going to the first (non-Kokoro) mermaid we see in the One Piece manga and anime universe: Camie! On her own, Camie would be a particularly dull figurine, but Bandai has wisely made sure that she’s not coming alone–she’s accompanied by her starfish mentor, Pappug!

MegaHouse has been making One Piece collectors slog through delay after delay throughout the last few months, but Bandai has kept on chugging along and gotten every new One Piece Figuarts Zero figure out right on time.

So it’s no surprise that, just as promised, the September 2013 Bandai One Piece Figuarts Zero Roronoa Zoro Rengoku Onigiri Battle Ver. 2 figure has now been released overseas…

After the bitter disappointment of not seeing a new One Piece Portrait of Pirates Jinbe 1.5 figure version announced at the 2013 Summer Winter Festival in Japan, I decided to curb my sadness by finally busting open the Bandai One Piece Figuarts Zero Jinbe figure! I waited months and months for this figure to go on sale for a good price on Amazon, and once it did I pounced on it. Now that I have him, I’m very pleased–Jinbe is an outstanding addition to the Figuarts Zero One Piece line and even a better figure than the MegaHouse P.O.P. Jinbe!

Yesterday I talked about the just-released One Piece WCF Vol. 31 figures–the first post-timeskip WCF set to be released in the better part of a year, and speaking of series with big gaps of time in them…

It’s hard to believe, but the last series of One Piece DX Grandline Men figures (Vol. 14 with Grandline Men Brook and Chopper) was released over 8 months ago, in October 2012! I’m not sure why there was such an extensive wait between series, but luckily, the Banpresto One Piece Grandline Men Vol. 15 Fisher Tiger and Arlong figures have now been released!

It’s been eight months between post-timeskip series, but at long last Banpresto has now released One Piece WCF Vol. 31, filled with eight One Piece World Collectable Figures based on the first half of the Fishman Island arc of the One Piece anime!

If you’ve been pining away for One Piece figures of the Neptune Royal Family and/or Captain Crab Hand Gyro (you know you want him), then this is the One Piece WCF series you’ve been waiting for!

June 2013 is going to be an expensive month for collectors of Bandai One Piece figures. Not only is the second trio of Figuarts Zero One Piece Film Z figures (Zoro, Robin, and Brook) coming out in June 2013, but news has just come out from Bandai that we’ll also be getting two previously totally unknown figures that month as well: Figuarts Zero Hody Jones and Monkey D. Luffy Battle Ver.!

One branch of One Piece toys that I was pretty oblivious of until this summer was the Banpresto One Piece World Collectible Figures (WCF) line. The line isn’t nearly as famous as the MegaHouse One Piece POP Figure line or even the Bandai Figuarts Zero, and it’s not widely-imported to North America. But once I oogled the figures, I knew I’d be buying some soon enough. And thus, my first-ever One Piece WCF figure arrived last week from Asia: The greatest Fishman swordsman (sorry Hachi), Hyouzou!

Today in Japan the newest set of One Piece World Collectable Figures was released: Volume 29! One Piece WCF Vol. 29 is based upon characters from the beginning of the “Fishman Island” arc of the One Piece anime and manga, before the Royal Family and Hody Jones appear. Hence, that’s why the Flying Dutchman is in this set despite there not being a WCF Vander Decken figure yet–Decken didn’t appear …

A the 30th Banpresto Prize Fair this week, fans finally got to see the much anticipated One Piece WCF (World Collectable Figure) Series 31! This is the second Fishman Island themed series of One Piece WCF figures, and features many figures guaranteed to be popular. The complete figure list is: Princess Shirahoshi Prince Fukaboshi Prince Ryuboshi Prince Manboshi King Neptune Minister of the Left Minister of the Right Captain Crab-Hand …